- For simplicity, let’s assuming this is your country, in some random rural area
- The dead person has a kitchen knife plunged into their chest, blood is still fresh
- The dead person is a random stanger, you’ve never met them, they are just a random average (non-famous) person
- There is no one else in the house
- You have a tiny bit of blood on your clothes, but not a lot, you are unsure of whose blood it is
- You have no injuries
- You were never drugged or anything, you just happen to mysteriously, spontaneously get teleported there, while sleeping. You went to sleep on your bed and just woke up only to find yourself in this scenario. (Bloodtests will show nothing)
- You wake up right in the morning, at sunrise
- There is electricity and running water, small amounts of food in the refrigerator, enough for maybe a day
- You don’t have any items with you, not your phone, nothing beside the clothes you slept with (if any). There are clothing in this house belonging to the dead person
- There only electronics devices (besides appliances) in the house is the dead person’s smartphone, in their pockets (no lockscreen codes or anything), and a laptop (no password). This house has wifi.
- This house does not have any security cameras.
- There is a car in the driveway, belonging to the dead person. No other vehicles, no bikes or anything like that.
- Nobody (yet) knows this person is dead. They live alone.
So, would you think that you did the murder, and just turn yourself in; or assume someone set you up and try to escape? How would you escape this scenario and avoid prison?
Remember, this is a rural area, not that many cameras.
So do you make a run for it? How?
Or do you just call the authorities and hope you don’t get charged with the murder? Very awkward interrogation tho, nobody would believe you. I doubt “I don’t remember how I got there” is a strong defence.
What is your “game plan”?
You remember your entire life, and the last thing you remember is going to sleep at home, then the next thing you know is you wake up to a dead body next to you.
I would never think I committed the murder, especially since there isn’t a lot of blood on me and I don’t know anyone.
I’ve experienced false dream awakenings from nightmares worse than this scenario so one thing I would think is that I’m probably still asleep; I’ll run away.
I’ve also experienced extreme denial once in my life, it feels like you forget quickly whatever traumatic trigger just happened (but then you remember it, triggers you again, you forget it again, repeat). That’ another possible way my brain could react under those circumstances, I can’t predict myself. I’ll still run away.
Now, if I somehow avoided both scenarios then I would probably still run away, hoping to find someone who can help. If I’m walking for days without reaching any towns/people then I’ll probably be considering to just move on and not look back; wait for the police to find me first. But I wouldn’t try to escape. If they find me I’ll be honest.